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Budgeting to end gender inequalities in the education sector
UN Women, 2011This paper explains how gender responsive budgeting tools can help address persistent gender inequalities in the education sector.DocumentGender Budgeting as a Tool for Poverty Reduction: Concepts, Practices and Capacity Implications
African Capacity Building Foundation, 2009What is gender budgeting and how is it relevant to Africa? This publication provides a wealth of information on gender-budgeting practices in Africa. It begins with an overview of some conceptual perspectives on gender budgeting. International legal instruments that mandate gender equality, as well African Union (AU) commitments to gender equality, are also outlined.DocumentEconomic opportunities and obstacles for women and girls in Northern Nigeria
2014What obstacles and opportunities for enterprise and employment are there for women and girls in Northern Nigeria?DocumentAdolescent girls in Northern Nigeria: financial inclusion and entrepreneurship opportunities profile
2013Globally, adolescent girls are often marginalised and disengaged from both local and national decision-making, leaving them isolated and powerless to affect change. Without opportunities, girls are more vulnerable to becoming disillusioned, which can lead to risky behaviour and exploitation. Yet, information on adolescent girls in Northern Nigeria is minimal.OrganisationCentre for Micro Finance, India (CMF)
The Centre for Micro Finance aims to improve the accessibility and quality of financial services for the poor through rigorous research, knowledge dissemination and evidence-based policy outreach.DocumentThe hegemony cracked: the power guide to getting care onto the development agenda.
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012Numerous factors have played their part in keeping care of the development agenda: silence from government allows them to pass on the costs to families and communities rather than financing care as a public good; self-interest and peer-group dynamics have contributed to development practitioners avoiding the issue; and those most affected - the caregivers themselves - are often those who are moDocumentNew actors, new money, new conversations: a mapping of recent initiatives for women and girls
Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2013Over the past several years, investing in women and girls as ‘smart economics’ has become a favored strategy in development and philanthropy. This has precipitated a host of campaigns and initiatives, including new private-sector involvement, dedicated to supporting women and girls.DocumentWomen moving mountains: collective impact of the Dutch MDG3 fund
Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2013Through decades of collective and individual struggle, and determined, conscious design, the women’s rights movement has achieved unprecedented shifts in global perception to the notion of gender equality as a desirable goal.DocumentAdvancing gender equality through the budget: Latin American experiences with gender-responsive budgeting
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013Latin America is leading the way in gender-responsive budgeting and is producing some insightful lessons for other regions of the world.Gender inequality is particularly prevalent in developing regions where it prevents millions of women from exercising the basic human rights they are entitled to.DocumentMaking Care Visible: Women’s unpaid care work in Nepal, Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya
ActionAid International, 2013Collecting data on all women’s work, both paid and unpaid, is critical to improving the design of social policies and the allocation of resources to address poverty and inequality. This report documents Action Aid's multi-country programme on women's unpaid care work in Kenya, Nigeria, Nepal and Uganda.Pages